SHIPS RESCUE 46 PEOPLE FROM SINKING BOAT OFF ALASKA

Two ships heard the Coast Guard’s emergency call to help a sinking fishing boat and rushed to rescue 46 crew members who had hopped into life rafts off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.

There were no reports of injuries as the vessels plucked the crew from the Bering Sea, Coast Guard Petty Officer Lauren Steenson said. The ships then began a 13- hour voyage to a port in Adak, Alaska.

When the 220- foot Alaska Juris started taking on water, all crew members donned survival suits and got i nto three rafts. The Spar Canis and the Vienna Express rushed to the scene in response to the Coast Guard’s broadcast for help.